The Full Moon and the Dancer
On Monday, January’sFull Moonrose as the Sun set.Spotted near the eastern horizon, its warm hues are seenin this photo taken near Cagliari, capital city of the Italianisland of Sardinia.Of course the familiar patterns of light and dark acrossthe Moon’s nearsideare created by bright rugged highlands and dark smooth lunar maria.Traditionally the patterns are seenas pareidolia,giving the visual illusion of a human face like theMan in the Moon,or familiar animal like theMoon rabbit.
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